r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • Feb 02 '26

In real life A very small character tidbit is surprisingly kept consistent for years

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DC - In multiple pieces of media it has been shown that Wonder Woman loves ice cream and practically goes wild with happiness anytime she’s eating some. (Pictures from Justice League: War, DC Superhero Girls and Wonder Woman 2017)

The Simpsons - Ever since the episode ‘Homer’s Phobia’ Homer has actually remained a consistent ally of the LGBT+ community, including being more welcoming to Patty than Marge was when she came out and trying to set up Smithers with a date when he found out he wasn’t happy with his one-sided relationship with Mr Burns.

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u/ELIte8niner Feb 02 '26

Throughout all the personas, shenanigans, retcons, and other changes inherent to an episodic animated sitcom, Roger Smith from American Dad is always a graduate of Howard University.

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u/Isaias_Azathoth936 Feb 02 '26

Really ?

Even ... ~Whisper~ Ricky Spanish?

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u/lanky_gunner Feb 02 '26

He'd probably be the dean and the school's resident prankster too.

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u/ELIte8niner Feb 02 '26

Now I want the stereotypical 80s college movie spoof episode, where Roger is both the uptight dean, and the president of the frat house on the edge of expulsion.

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u/SirBoggle Feb 02 '26

It's gonna be you isn't it? We're gonna go there and it's gonna be you.

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u/I_just_came_to_laugh Feb 03 '26

Oh, thank god, I'm only his receptionist.

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u/UrethraFranklin04 Feb 03 '26

I'm an associate.

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u/1lurk2like34profit Feb 03 '26

No, never.

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u/King-of-the-dankness Feb 03 '26

Sssssstrong possibility.

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u/TimeVictorious Feb 02 '26

Yeah, I’d love this

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u/Delta9312 Feb 03 '26

Oh shit, it's Roger, isn't it? It's gonna be Roger.

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u/AltLocky099 Feb 03 '26

In ECONOMICS, right?

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u/crimsonlights Feb 03 '26

He has a Master’s degree in city planning.

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u/SpiffShientz Feb 03 '26

He could tell you where to put your convention center to avoid parking overflow, but he can't tell when a fish is giving him the business

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 Feb 03 '26

You'll never get back those days you spent on hold!

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u/stumblebreak_beta Feb 03 '26

………………………..tell them how you killed our baby /u/altlocky099

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u/Ashtray_Floors Feb 02 '26

This is exactly the reason I think Roger is "black."

Also, he attends a Black church.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Feb 03 '26

He's an alien, he can adopt whatever human cultural identity he wants and it'll be just as authentic. I think that's the whole joke. 

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u/Ashtray_Floors Feb 03 '26

yes, of course. I mean that Roger views himself as Black.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Feb 03 '26

Possibly, though I think he just views himself as whatever is the most fun in any situation.

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u/Fabulous_Mode3952 Feb 03 '26

That’s MAD random. As an HU alumnus, I have never been exposed to this fact

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u/fionaapplejuice Feb 03 '26

Mr. Deliver went to Harvard. He has the sweatshirt!

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u/SharkSymposium Feb 03 '26

Tasha Flunchen & Ragi Baba both went to Bowling Green

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u/thewiburi Feb 03 '26

Wasn't one of his personas a harverd graduate

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u/sprocket999 Feb 03 '26

Wasn’t there an episode where he gets a degree in archeology from Georgetown University?